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a justice department memo spells ow the position of the obama administration. now the memo, justifies the targeted killing of an american who is considered a senior operational lead of al qaeda or associated group and poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the united states. want to bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr, joins us live here. the policy now made public. is there any reaction to the fact that now people, very clearly stated in the memo, know what it's all about? >> reporter: you know, i think this has emerged over the last couple of years, but you're right, suzanne, it is this memo that puts it out in black and white. if you're an american citizen, you can, in fact, be killed by your government overseas with no trial, no due process, if there is a -- some decision by the u.s. administration that you're engaged in terrorist activities. in fact the attorney general, eric holder, talked about this earlier today. i want you to listen to what he had to say. >> we say that we only take these kinds of actions when there's an immin
a justice department memo spells ow the position of the obama administration. now the memo, justifies the targeted killing of an american who is considered a senior operational lead of al qaeda or associated group and poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the united states. want to bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr, joins us live here. the policy now made public. is there any reaction to the fact that now people, very clearly stated in the memo, know what it's all...
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so the obama administration is trying to compromise here. it is now ex- -- it exempted churches and -- catholic hospitals and the like from buying their female employees contraceptions. it doesn't apply to private companies likes yours. what's your reaction this morning? >> right, carol. you know, the -- what's being offered is disappointing. thing it doesn't do, it doesn't do anything for religious business owners. that's disappointing, the administration continues to say business owners don't have any religious rights in connection with their business. second thing it doesn't do, it doesn't expand the exemption at all. the administration admits the religious employer exemption, which really separate religious organizations from these -- from the drugs and practices, does not expand at all. what the proposal does is propose a bookkeeping arrangement. unfortunately it is still going to leave many religious organizations still tangled up with practices that they oppose. it also seems that the government is not really sure how that is supposed
so the obama administration is trying to compromise here. it is now ex- -- it exempted churches and -- catholic hospitals and the like from buying their female employees contraceptions. it doesn't apply to private companies likes yours. what's your reaction this morning? >> right, carol. you know, the -- what's being offered is disappointing. thing it doesn't do, it doesn't do anything for religious business owners. that's disappointing, the administration continues to say business owners...
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. >>> a rising tide lifts all boats, it's a phrase that say sums up the obama's administration approach to the economy, rather than targeting specific groups the president insisted that policies benefiting all americans will in turn help those who are the most in need. but that philosophy is not sitting well with some in the african-american committee who some criticize as a lack of action. my next guest is ryan mack, president of optimum capital management and today he'll meet with one of the most vocal critics dr. cornell west to discuss the state of the economy. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> the racial wealth gap is astounding. the census bureau shows whites have 22 times more wealth than blacks, a gap that doubled during the recession largely due to the housing crisis. many in the african-american community say that's unacceptable and the president doesn't seem to be doing much about that. >> again, i think we have to look at the whole picture here and i definitely am in line with a lot of things that dr. west says, a lot of the critics, on holding the president more accou
. >>> a rising tide lifts all boats, it's a phrase that say sums up the obama's administration approach to the economy, rather than targeting specific groups the president insisted that policies benefiting all americans will in turn help those who are the most in need. but that philosophy is not sitting well with some in the african-american committee who some criticize as a lack of action. my next guest is ryan mack, president of optimum capital management and today he'll meet with...
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administration. that was a dig at anyone who thinks we can continue to litigate this issue every quarter century and be okay as a republic. >> on the subject of border security the obama administration has record deportations, nearly 400,000 in 2011. one study shows the u.s. spends $18 billion every year on immigration enforcement, more than all other federal agencies combined. what more can be done? >> well i'll give you two instances, cocaine, a kilo of cocaine today is cheaper than it was when i was a federal prosecutor so we're not doing a terribly good job keeping the drugs out and 2,000 ak-47s went to arm the mexican drug cartel. i realize you cannot her m hermedically seal the border. we have two borders so i'm talking about both of them, but from a national security standpoint, a law enforcement standpoint, from a sovereignty standpoint i don't think it's asking so much we know who is coming into our country. it's not fair to people who are following the legal process to have an unlawful proc
administration. that was a dig at anyone who thinks we can continue to litigate this issue every quarter century and be okay as a republic. >> on the subject of border security the obama administration has record deportations, nearly 400,000 in 2011. one study shows the u.s. spends $18 billion every year on immigration enforcement, more than all other federal agencies combined. what more can be done? >> well i'll give you two instances, cocaine, a kilo of cocaine today is cheaper...
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this is killing people intentionally and the obama administration thinks that's just fine under these circumstances. the same people who were so mad about what president bush was doing. >> this is not going anywhere. jeff toobin, thank you. tom juneau, thank you, both, very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> and this one today, olympic skier lindsey vonn took a frightening tumble in this championship race in europe. and then she caught a ride, look at this, from a helicopter. talk about dramatic. here she goes to safety. lindsey vonn, the face of women's skiing, dangling precariously here by a rope from this medevac helicopter. lindsey vonn, on her way to a hospital in austria, where doctors say she suffered some sort of serious knee injury. let's go to london and talk more about this with cnn's christina mcfarland. what happened? >> well, for anyone that might have seen the video earlier of the crash, brooke, it really was horrific. she seemed to buckle on her right knee as she was going down the super g race, just as she came over a jump. and had to be airlifted to hospital. so it i
this is killing people intentionally and the obama administration thinks that's just fine under these circumstances. the same people who were so mad about what president bush was doing. >> this is not going anywhere. jeff toobin, thank you. tom juneau, thank you, both, very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> and this one today, olympic skier lindsey vonn took a frightening tumble in this championship race in europe. and then she caught a ride, look at this, from a...
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the sweet spot of the administration is right after a re-election. the challenge will be to apply some policy prescriptions that are ambitious but achievable and with the reality divided government, that means reaching out. polls all show the top issues in the country. the economies and jobs and then the deficit. and the issue for democrats is not to overreach. not to feel that they can ignore the issue of deficit. they're going to have to find a way and the president is going to have to put some real plans on the table behind the rhetoric of reducing the debt. in addition to investment and immigration reform. which are all consistent with making america more competitive in the 21st century. >> what about gun violence, this is an issue that was an extremely hot topic only a few weeks ago, that seems to be fading away. do you expect the president to make a major issue of that in his speech? john? >> i think the president will address gun violence. he barely noted in his inaugural address. this is a time for policy prescriptions and following through.
the sweet spot of the administration is right after a re-election. the challenge will be to apply some policy prescriptions that are ambitious but achievable and with the reality divided government, that means reaching out. polls all show the top issues in the country. the economies and jobs and then the deficit. and the issue for democrats is not to overreach. not to feel that they can ignore the issue of deficit. they're going to have to find a way and the president is going to have to put...
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>> well, the president -- president obama is the best writer in this administration. he's a wonderful writer, and he's so involved in these addresses, perhaps as much as president presidents like president clinton and others. but to clark's point, the biggest debate is within the republican party. the fact that they have two republicans in the response to the state of the union is a party that's divided. i think in the past election, we saw that the republican party is on the wrong side of history when it comes to climate change, guns, gay marriage, jobs, all these issues the president laid out in his inaugural address. we're going to hear how he's going to move those issues forward tuesday night in a way that is widely supported by the american people, and the republican party just needs to figure out whether they want to get on board with the rest of america or want to be behind the curve of history and be an afterthought over the next decade. >> paul, i've got to stop you right now. thank you very much. and also clark judge, we appreciate it. both men writing speec
>> well, the president -- president obama is the best writer in this administration. he's a wonderful writer, and he's so involved in these addresses, perhaps as much as president presidents like president clinton and others. but to clark's point, the biggest debate is within the republican party. the fact that they have two republicans in the response to the state of the union is a party that's divided. i think in the past election, we saw that the republican party is on the wrong side...
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>> the obama administration under fire for using drones to kill american terrorists overseas. giuliani's point and our question, would it be better to capture terrorists than kill them? alice? >> absolutely. we've received scores of information from the three people that enhance interrogation techniques were used in the bush administration. we did receive actionable intelligence that led us to the capture of bin laden. panetta said so. the hypocrisy the democrats have lambasted that but obama killed scores of people with these drones. these are fine if they're used for actual surveillance and receiving good information, but they should not be used for just random fishing expeditions. >> maria? >> you know, carol, in an ideal world, of course, it would be better to do that and that way i think the justice system would be carried out as we all believe that it should but at the same time we're not living in an ideal world and we're not living and we're not executing a war that is a kind of war that we have executed in years past where it's country against country. these are terro
>> the obama administration under fire for using drones to kill american terrorists overseas. giuliani's point and our question, would it be better to capture terrorists than kill them? alice? >> absolutely. we've received scores of information from the three people that enhance interrogation techniques were used in the bush administration. we did receive actionable intelligence that led us to the capture of bin laden. panetta said so. the hypocrisy the democrats have lambasted that...
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. >>> president obama is going to announce his nomination for the new secretary of interior, senior administration official tells cnn he is going to nominate the ceo of the outdoor equipment company rei, we will bring that announcement to you live when it happens. also, right now we understand they are speaking on capitol hill, these are house republicans, they have one thing on their plate here at least for today, that is cutting the spending, especially pentagon spending, they are trying to avoid the deep military cuts that automatically are going to trigger in about three weeks. defense chief leon panetta is now painting a gloomy worst case scenario, if that happens. >> make no mistake, if these cuts happen, there will be a serious disruption in defense programs and a sharp decline in our military readiness. we have already begun an all out effort to plan for how to operate under such a scenario. but it's also very clear, that there are no good options. >> i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. what is he talking about when he says no good options? what do they look like? >> reporter
. >>> president obama is going to announce his nomination for the new secretary of interior, senior administration official tells cnn he is going to nominate the ceo of the outdoor equipment company rei, we will bring that announcement to you live when it happens. also, right now we understand they are speaking on capitol hill, these are house republicans, they have one thing on their plate here at least for today, that is cutting the spending, especially pentagon spending, they are...
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the obama administration has come under fire for its drone strike policy. >>> a congressman from connecticut is asking steven spielberg to fix a mistake in the movie lincoln before it comes out on dvd. the film shows two connecticut law makers voting against the amendment to end slavery. but records show that all of the lawmakers from connecticut voted for it. we will see if steven spielberg comes through. i'm thinking, not. >>> today something new in the newsroom. talk back for 30 minutes, three topics, great guests, your input. let's get going. today's first question, are the newtown kids being exploited? suddenly the newtown kids are stars, they seem to be everywhere. at the super bowl. ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain ♪ >> then at a knicks game, and ndho tge. movie in the works -ao carpet preshow to sing the wildly popular song call me many, the one about the girl who pines over a guy who turns out to be gay? call me tacky maybe, sabrina post who will sing disagrees saying it benefits the kids and the town. >> anything we can do, given our talents, to help t
the obama administration has come under fire for its drone strike policy. >>> a congressman from connecticut is asking steven spielberg to fix a mistake in the movie lincoln before it comes out on dvd. the film shows two connecticut law makers voting against the amendment to end slavery. but records show that all of the lawmakers from connecticut voted for it. we will see if steven spielberg comes through. i'm thinking, not. >>> today something new in the newsroom. talk back...
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the first lady is traveling with some other administration heavyweights, isn't she? >> reporter: that's right, martin. you know, the first lady is returning to her hometown. this is where she grew up here in chicago. she's coming with senior adviser valerie jarrett and education secretary arne duncan who are also chicagoans. you know, this is -- the violence in this city, the gun violence in this city is something that the president himself has brought up in numerous speeches including right after this shooting in newtown. talking about the kind of violence we see on street corners in places like chicago and in philadelphia. and i should mention, too, he even taped a special video message to the city of chicago last summer talking about the gun violence. and in that video, he said that it's everyone's responsibility to make our streets safe so that children's biggest concern is that algebra test or physics test and not getting home, walking home from school. this is unfortunately the case in hadiya pendleton shot not far from her school after taking, we understand, a
the first lady is traveling with some other administration heavyweights, isn't she? >> reporter: that's right, martin. you know, the first lady is returning to her hometown. this is where she grew up here in chicago. she's coming with senior adviser valerie jarrett and education secretary arne duncan who are also chicagoans. you know, this is -- the violence in this city, the gun violence in this city is something that the president himself has brought up in numerous speeches including...